Eisele Vineyard (Araujo Estate) - Cabernet Sauvignon 1996

ANTONIO GALLONI: "Deep ruby color, darker for its age than the '97. Slightly roasted aromas of black fruits, toffee, leather, tobacco, mocha and dark chocolate; exhilarating suggestion of crystallized berries. Lush and velvety in the mouth; already displays wonderful sweetness and layered texture. Very strong back end features chewy, ripe tannins. A very successful '96, showing beautifully today."

THE WINEADVOCATE: "The saturated purple-colored 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard offers an attractive nose of black fruits intermixed with toast, minerals, subtle tar, and wood smoke. Full-bodied, with impressive purity, a multi-layered mid-palate and finish, it is an expressive, pure, powerful, and large-boned wine. Tel. (707) 942-6061; Fax (707) 942-6471"

WEINWISSER: "Aufhellendes Rubin-Granat, relativ transparent. Duftiges, weiches Bouquet, schwarze Pflaumen, Lakritze, zarter Rosinenschimmer, ausladend, mittlerer Druck. Harmonischer, weicher Gaumen, wieder viel süsse, samtene Pflaumentöne, ein Charmeur, jetzt in schönster Genussphase."